IPL 5: MI vs CSK – Qualifier 2 playoff match preview

May 23 2012, Bengaluru: The Qualifier 2 is played between the last year finalists of IPL i.e. Mumbai and Chennai. Match will be played at the best of the batting pitches of India that is Bangalore, Karnataka. Mumbai has the best bowlers in business. M Patel, RP Singh and most importantly Malinga. Chennai on the other hand has always struggled to put runs on the board.Chennai were very lucky we must say since everything went on their way. Firstly KXIP lost the match, then Rajasthan Royals was kicked out by Deccan Chargers and Finally the most important game where RCB had to chase 134 to qualify for playoffs and their whole batting line-up was in the pavilion. Dale Styne bowled well for 3 for 8 runs. And this is the reason why Chennai are into the Playoffs. They may have never expected Bangalore to lose such an important Match.

But this is not it, the winner of Mumbai vs Chennai will play against the losers of Qualifier 1 that is Losers od Delhi vs Kolkata. So if Mumbai or Chennai will make to finals only if they win 2 matches in a row, which is indeed a difficult task.

Harbhajan Singh: It is a big game, if we win this one then we will have to get the momentum going till Finals of IPL. It makes a difference when you have experience at the top and having Gibbs back in the side is definitely a real boost to our side.

Lasith Malinga: I always try to take wickets so I’m happy that I have done that. I know I can’t swing the ball much so I know I need to take wickets to play international cricket. I can’t get a caught behind or a catch in the slip area that’s why i try and bowl yorkers at the stumps or slower deliveries to get wickets. While training I would use my old shoes and use them as a target to bowl yorkers at.

Dwayne Bravo is the real Hero, its because of him CSK is into playoffs: It was a very simple equation. We needed four to tie and five to win. So definitely boundary was the option, and I backed myself well,” he said at the post-match press conference on Monday. The bowler (Bhatia) helped with a bad delivery in that over. It was a fantastic game. You got to give credit to both teams. The fans got their money’s worth.

Harbhajan Singh: We are still trying to find out who is the best opening partner for Sachin. Gibbs played well, but today Smith was amazing. We are looking at combinations. Our fielding was a bit better than RR’s today. Overall we are quite happy with the way we played today. We wanted to give our best shot and I’m happy we did.

Dhawal Kulkarni: Feeling happy that I got a chance to play and pick 3 wickets. I am feeling very happy. Whether I play the next game or not is upto the selectors. My strength is to maintain a good line and length. As a youngster it is a great challenge to play against such stalwarts.

Dwayne Smith: It’s a great privilege to open with Sachin. Have opened before, so not something new. We talked about being positive and taking the side home. It’s good to start well and get some runs. It’s the crunch time in the tournament.

Match Predictions: Mumbai has the best bowlers and Chennai has best batsmen on the cards. Since its a Bangalore pitch 170+ will be still not enough. Both the teams will go with a minimum of 8 Batsmen for the day. A one of the unpredictable matches of IPL 5. Lasith Malinga is in best of his form and so is Ben Hilfenhaus. At the end of the day Dhoni is the game tuner and his ideas can win the game for Chennai. However the GOD of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar must be watchful. If RP singh and Lasith Malinga will take wickets in regular intervals the match will favor the Mumbai Indians. All the best for the Qualifiers for both the team and let the best team WIN.

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IPL 5 play-off: Revenge on Chennai’s mind as they take on Mumbai Indians!!!

Mumbai Indians would hope to keep a clean slate against a lucky Chennai Super Kings while the defending champions would be eyeing revenge when both the sides meet in what promises to be a thrilling eliminator in the Indian Premier League in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Mumbai defeated Chennai in the league games and going by present form and record, the Harbhajan Singh-led side start as favourites against the title holders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.Chennai should consider themselves lucky and thank Deccan Chargers for keeping the team in the hunt for a hat-trick of titles.

Chennai made the last-four cut on net run rate after Royal Challengers Bangalore lost by nine runs to Deccan in their must-win final league game.

Mumbai, however, advanced to the next stage in style, thrashing Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets in their last league game.

Mumbai Indians oozing with confidence:

And expectedly, Mumbai would be oozing with confidence going into Wednesday’s match. But complacency is something which they need to guard against as from here on one bad day in office will jeopardise their title hopes.

Mumbai, who have never lost any IPL game in Bangalore, appear to be a cohesive team this season.

The most heartening thing for Mumbai would be the return to form of Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith.Chasing 163, Tendulkar (58 not out) and Smith (87 not out) put up a brilliant opening partnership to romp home with 10 wickets in hands against Rajasthan the other day.

Smith’s promotion to the opening slot to partner Tendulkar paid rich dividends for Mumbai in their last league game.

Mumbai’s batting order finally looks settled with Rohit Sharma, West Indian Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu and James Franklin sharing the burden of the middle order.

Lasith Malinga at helm for Mumbai Indians:

Rohit is in good nick with a hundred under his belt but he lacks consistency. Tendulkar, on the other hand, looked in great touch against Rajasthan en route to his second half century of the tournament.Mumbai’s bowling also has a lethal look with Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga at the helm.

But Dhawal Kulkarni’s brilliant three for 18 performance against Rajasthan augurs well for Mumbai after Munaf Patel went off runs in recent games.

However, the only worry on the bowling front remains skipper Harbhajan’s poor form, but given the off-spinner’s fighting quality, he could come to the party at any time.

Chennai boast of a strong batting line-up:

Chennai, on the other hand, would definitely like to utilise the lucky chance they got.Chennai might have not shown the invincibility of the last couple of years, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys are well aware that performances of the league stages will hardly count.

Even though they have not played like a team so far this season, Chennai players very well know that three good days in office from here on will erase all the bad memories of the league stages.

The title holders were undone by the inconsistent performances of their star players in the ongoing tournament.

After gaining momentum in the business end of the tournament with three consecutive wins, Chennai slumped to an unexpected low when they lost by six wickets against Kings XI Punjab in their last league game.

Best thing happened this IPL is that RCB playing last out of Chennai Punjab Rajastan. If Chennai playing like RCB last match and lost means everyone tell RCB is lucky. Since RCB playing last match and lost, all punjab,chennai rajasthan became luckiest and RCB became martyre!

Chenai were thrashed in their last game against KXIP. They could needed all results exactly in this order for them to go through
Deccan chargers beat RCB
Delhi beat KXIP
Deccan beat Rajasthan
Their luck that all results turned out their way including resurgence of Deccan chargers to take down 2 Play off contenders with them.
Isn’t that luck?

I just dont understand why morons call this as CSK’s luck and blah blah blah..If you analyse all the teams in the competition, accoring to me, only Delhi and Kolkata deserved to be in Play-Offs. Teams like Mumbai,Banglore and Hyderabad were heavily dependent on 1/2 players and wanted them to perform everytime. Luckily for Mumbai, Malinga performed well and Rohit Sharma was decent and they are through. For bangalore Gayle won them half of the games, De-vilears the rest, and when both failed in the last game, they lost. For Hyderabad, inspite of Steyn’s deadly bowling and Shikkar Dhavan’s consistant batting, they lost games due to their pathetic ( I can’t find a worse word) club-level fielding. Pune had none…No team effort and no individual stars and predictably finish last.

On the other hand, if you observe, CSK, RR and KXIP played more lika team, with everyone contributing at some point or other. And among them, CSK were clearly the best. I can’t say if CSK deserved to play in play-offs..but I can vouch RCB just didn’t deserve it.

Another point is the scheduling, Chennai finished the league games well before the rest and had to wait for other results. Had it been the other way round, with Bangalore finishing their games before Chennai and Chennai playing Punjab in their last outing, the same crowd would have praised Chennai for playing well when it matters. Its all phychological here.

Bottom line: There is no luck, the top 4 who qualified were the best among the 9.

Who would have thought last week that the defending champions Chennai Super Kings will live to fight another day? Everything seemed over for the Chennai franchise when Adam Gilchrist led Punjab to a win over them at Dharamsala, but after a roller-coaster final week of the IPL league stages, here they are at the play offs once again (they’re the only team to enter the final four in all five seasons). To be fair to CSK, they had already had the points on the board and got them at a good net run rate and the fact that the other teams like KXIP, RR or RCB couldn’t go through to the play offs despite knowing the equation going into their final matches is certainly not Super Kings’ concern.

The back-door entry into the play offs must come as a boost for CSK but they will be up against a side that has tormented them in this season – Mumbai Indians. The Chennai side lost both the home and away matches against Mumbai; one was a comprehensive loss and the other, a narrow last ball thriller. The Mumbai Indians come into the play offs with a bit of form after their thumping 10 wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.

Chennai Super Kings

It has been a mixed season for CSK and they have struggled to get momentum with a winning streak, which they used to do in the previous seasons. Victories and losses have come alternatively and have often been marginal, which has made their campaign even tougher. The batting has failed to click as a unit and although some of them have made the odd good innings, they have struggled to put up big scores consistently. The bowling has done a better job compared to the batsmen and relies heavily on the likes of Hilfenhaus and Ashwin.

Player to watch out for:

MS Dhoni: The CSK skipper has not had a great season by his standards so far but don’t be surprised if he turns it around in the knock-out stages, as he has done often in the past.

Mumbai Indians

Much like their opponents, Mumbai Indians is another side which has qualified but hasn’t dominated other teams in the league stages. The victories were close but the losses were often big, as is reflected in the net run rate. However, they got the much needed form in their last league game against Rajasthan Royals where the openers Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith led them to a 10 wicket victory. Mumbai have depth in their batting but their major problem seems to be at the top; they have used numerous opening pairs and it remains to be seen if they will stick to Smith-Sachin combination in the knock-out stages. The bowling, as always depends a lot on Malinga, and as always, he has delivered.

Player to watch out for:

Sachin Tendulkar: The maestro has had a silent IPL season by his standards, which in large measures was caused by an injury he suffered in the first game against the same opponents. He made them pay for it in their next clash with a masterly half century, and with another match winning knock behind his back, he will look to carry his good form into the eliminator.

Battle within the battle:

Ben Hilfenhaus vs Dwayne Smith: Hilfenhaus will never forget his previous game against the Mumbai Indians. The pacer conceded 14 runs off the final 3 balls to Dwayne Smith which resulted in a thrilling win for the Mumbai Indians. Hilfenhaus has compensated for the last over mess up with a couple of match winning spells, and has since been used more in the top than in the death. He might be up against Smith again, as the latter opened with success against Rajasthan Royals.

Injury updates: Anirudha Srikkanth is not available for the knock-out clashes as he injured himself while fielding in the game against KXIP. S Badrinath is likely to return to the side in his place.

Doug Bolinger, who flew back to Australia for personal reasons, is also not available.

Final word:

Chennai Super Kings are known to be a different team once they enter the knock-outs, but will have to contend with an equally tough opponent this time. Chennai have the experience, but Mumbai have the form. These 2 big teams clashed in the season’s first game; this game will be the last for one of them.

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings and current 2010 finalists Mumbai Indians go head to head in the IPL 5 Eliminator at Bangalore’s Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. The losers will exit the tournament, while the winners will play the losers of the first Qualifier between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders for a place in the final on May 25.
Chennai have been lucky to reach the playoffs. It was Royal Challengers Bangalore’s choke in a chase of a modest 133 against Deccan Chargers in their last match that paved the way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team, which won just eight of 16 games in the group stages.

Chennai’s season got off on the wrong foot with an eight-wicket loss against Mumbai but improved as the tournament went by, if unspectacularly and well below expectations of a champion Twenty20 team. The highlight for them so far has been their chasing down 206 against Bangalore early in IPL 5. Chennai won three matches on the bounce before capitulating to Kings XI Punjab in their last match, threatening to end their campaign, but Bangalore’s loss to Deccan proved to be manna from heaven for Dhoni and his team.
However, all that is a thing of the past now. Chennai have got a golden opportunity to redeem themselves. If they can pick themselves up in the playoffs and find form, they can complete a hat-trick of titles. They have the resources; it’s just poor form of their batsmen that has had their campaign in stutter. Their batting woes get magnified by the fact that there have been just five fifties from their batsmen this season, and three of them from the South African Faf du Plessis who may not play in this match as Michael Hussey is set to retain his place. It’s high time Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo and Dhoni himself came up with weighty contributions with the bat. Their bowling has faired better but still there is room for improvement.
On the other hand, Mumbai will go into the contest in much better shape. The Harbhajan Singh-led team won 10 out of its 16 league matches. Mumbai never really faced the threat of missing out on the final four, but their odyssey to the playoffs has been far from perfect. Sachin Tendulkar got injured at the start of their campaign and then Harbhajan copped a lot of flak for not leading with propriety. With the team’s blow-hot-blow-cold run in IPL 5, things looked ominous at one time. But Tendulkar returned just in time to put everything back in order. He may not have scored big runs but his presence has acted as a tonic for others and all of a sudden, Mumbai look formidable. They also seem to have sorted out their opening woes.
Mumbai have unearthed a star in West Indian Dwayne Smith, who opened to score an unbeaten 87 against Rajasthan Royals in the last league match. Also, in a previous encounter against Chennai, he hit Aussie fast bower Ben Hilfenhaus for two fours and a six to turn the last-ball thriller in his team’s favour. Then there is Rohit Sharma, who is among the five players to have hit a hundred this season, while Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik have been quite handy. The presence of Kieron Pollard gives them a different dimension altogether.
Their bowling is no less threatening. Lasith Malinga, their spearhead, remains a man-mountain. The Sri Lankan has taken 22 wickets in 13 matches at a miserly economy rate of 6. RP Singh and Munaf Patel have been good in patches and Harbhajan, after a poor start to the season, has hit top gear in the last few matches and that makes the bowling equally potent.
On paper and form, Mumbai go as favourites into the match but in this format we have witnessed unexpected things happen. They have to be cautious against Dhoni’s men who seem to have lucky stars shining on them.

Dale Steyn produced a fiery pace bowling spell of three for just eight runs as Deccan Chargers knocked Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the Indian Premier League with a nine-run victory in a tense match here today. Steyn claimed the wickets of dangerous Chris Gayle and his opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan and Zaheer Khan as RCB failed to chase down the target of 133 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal.

The victory by the Chargers also meant that defending champions Chennai Super Kings go through the play-offs stage, along with table-toppers Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.

RCB collected 17 points from 16 matches, the same as that of Chennai but the latter made it to the play-offs stage on better net run rate.

Delhi now play Kolkata in the first qualifier in Pune on May 22 while Chennai take on Mumbai in the eliminator in Bangalore on May 23.

The Chargers, who ended the tournament at eighth out of nine teams with nine pints from 16 matches, thus spoiled RCB’s chances of a play-off berth just two days after knocking out Rajasthan Royals from the tournament.

For RCB, captain Virat Kohli top-scored with a 40-ball 42 while Saurabh Tiwary and Gayle contributed 30 and 27 respectively.

But RCB’s run chase never got going as they lost wickets at the crucial stages. Gayle taking 24 runs from the second over bowled by Manpreet Gony was the only highlight of the RCB chase and all the batsmen other than Kohli, Gayle and Tiwary could not reach double digits.

CSK Vs MI – Get ready to witness the clash of the titans on 23rd May at 8 pm, which will be the eliminator of IPL season 5. The play off will be played in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

Chennai Super Kings, the winners of 3rd and 4th IPL seasons will be aiming for a hat-trick and will face Mumbai Indians, Champions League 2011 winners and 3rd IPL season runners up, in the play offs. Mumbai will be coming to this match with full confidence after their 10 wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the last league matches.

Whereas, Chennai super Kings under the leadership of M.S Dhoni is all set take up the challenge as a win will give them a chance to qualify for the finals, while a defeat can sent them out from IPL 5. What do you think, Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians – who will win the IPL 5 eliminator match?

Our expert Vedic astrologers have analyzed the Chart based on the place, date and start time of the match to unveil the outcome of the IPL 5 eliminator. Below are some yardsticks that will help you understand the astrological terms.

An Ascendant represents the 1st house. The 3rd house indicates batting or bowling skills. The 6th house indicates win over enemies while the 11th house describes about your capacity of happiness and fulfilment of ambitions. As Chennai is nearer to Bangalore, the Ascendant has been taken as the team Chennai Super Kings.

As per the place, date and starting time of match: – The Ascendant falls in the sign Scorpio and its Lord Mars (signify sports and games) is placed in the energetic fiery sign Leo. Moreover, Mars is also the Lord of the 6th house signifying win for CSK, by its aspect to the Ascendant.

On other side, the 7th house Taurus denotes the team Mumbai Indians. Venus, the retrograded sign Lord is associated with the natural malefic planet Ketu in Taurus and is showing some negative results for Mumbai Indians.

For Chennai Super Kings, the 3rd house Lord Saturn is placed in the 11th house and is favorable to bring out the best sports skills. Whereas for Mumbai Indians, the 3rd house Lord Moon (indicates emotions, thoughts etc) is in the 2nd house and is aspected by Saturn. This planetary placement is not much favorable to bring out the best skills.

Hence, based on the starting time of IPL 5 eliminator match, Chennai Super Kings have an edge over Mumbai Indians. However, cricket is a game of uncertainty and we cannot tell the exact result until the last delivery is bowled as the fate of the match can depend on individual’s performance too.

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